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Gary Starkweather

1938–2019 · American engineer

American engineer (1938–2019) who invented the laser printer at Xerox — the one PARC invention Xerox sold, and the one that paid for the lab.

Gary Starkweather — American engineer (1938–2019) who invented the laser printer at Xerox — the one PARC invention Xerox sold, and the one that paid for the lab.

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Xerox PARC, 1970. The invention that fit, and the ones that walked out.
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